Courses and curriculum
Master of Science in athletic training courses and curriculum
Messiah University’s MSAT prepares entry-level athletic trainers who have a passion for understanding how the human body works and how to help the physically active prevent and recover from injury and disease. It is a full-time, 60-credit program.
Summer
ATHT 501 Professional Standards and Expectation
ATHT 505 Athletic Taping and Bracing
ATHT 507 Emergency Management
Fall
16 weeks
ATHT 518 Scientific Inquiry I
ATHT 522 Therapeutic Intervention
ATHT 510 Athletic Training Clinical Experience I
ATHT 524 Orthopedic Assessment I
January intensive
ATHT 545 Gait Analysis and Pathomechanics
Spring
8 weeks
ATHT 520 Clinical Experience II
ATHT 537 General Medical/Pharmacology Topics
8 weeks
ATHT 530 Clinical Experience III
ATHT 534 Orthopedic Assessment II
16 weeks
ATHT 528 Scientific Inquiry II
Summer II (May)
ATHT 555 Gross Human Anatomy
Fall II
8 weeks
ATHT 637 Behavioral Health
8 weeks
ATHT 635 Administration and Liability
16 weeks
ATHT 640 Athletic Training Clinical Experience IV
ATHT 624 Clinical Care in Athletic Training
Spring II
8 weeks
ATHT 695 Graduate Seminar
ATHT 647 Human Performance Training
ATHT 643 Nutrition for Recovery and Performance
8 weeks
ATHT 650 Clinical Experience V
ATHT 657 Epidemiology & Public Health